Events


2024

Fall

Sept. 7: Beyond the Book Festival, Starke County Public Library, Knox, IN. 10 a.m.-4 p.m.

Sept. 28: Gathering of Writers, Indiana Writers Center. Indiana State Library. 8:30 a.m.-4:15 p.m.

Dec. 17: Lawrence Library book discussion of Imagine Your Life Like This, 10:30 a.m.

Spring

May 31: Storytellers Reading with Noley Reid, Second Flight Books, Lafayette, IN. 6:30 p.m.

May 11: Author signing, Booktroverted Momma, Alexandria, IN. 1-4 p.m.

2023

Fall

Sept. 9: Printers Row Lit Fest, Chicago, with Ashley Wurzbacher and Michael Czyzniejewski, 11 a.m.
               Signing Imagine Your Life Like This after panel and at Midland Authors table, 2-4 p.m. 

Sept. 12: Ray Bradbury Center Shelf Indulgence Book Club, Centerpoint Brewing Co., Indianapolis. 6-7:30 p.m. 

Sept. 30: Beyond the Book Festival, Starke County Public Library, Knox, IN. 9 a.m.-3 p.m.

Oct. 7: Launch party for Shared Blood by Luke Wortley, with Barney T. Haney, Chris Speckman, Sarah Layden and Josh Brewer, Books & Brews (96th St.), Indianapolis, 5-7 p.m.

Oct. 11: Kellogg Writers Series, University of Indianapolis, 7:30 p.m.

Oct 14: Writing Out Loud, Michigan City Public Library, 7:30 p.m. 

Nov. 4: Tomorrow Bookstore, 882 Massachusetts Ave. Indianapolis, 11 a.m.-1 p.m. 

Nov. 7: Indiana Writers Center Members Meeting, featured speaker, 7 p.m. 

Nov. 25: Small Business Saturday book signing at Village Lights Books, Madison, IN. 12-5:15 p.m. 

Dec. 2: 2023 Indiana Holiday Author Fair, Indiana Historical Society, Indianapolis, 12-4 p.m.

Spring

March 9: Association of Writers and Writing Programs annual conference and bookfair, Seattle, WA. The Invisible Art: Making Literary Editing Visible, Equitable, and Transparent (Bryan FurunessDionne IrvingMatthew PittSarah Layden), 9 a.m., and University of Wisconsin Press Bookfair booth, signing Imagine Your Life Like This, 3-3:45 p.m.

April 1: Indiana Collegiate Press Association annual conference, IUPUI, 10 a.m., The Invisible Art of Literary Editing (with Bryan Furuness)

April 14: Indy Reads Books, Indianapolis, 5 p.m. Launch for Imagine Your Life Like This & conversation with Barbara Shoup  

April 25: City Lit Books, Chicago, 6:30 p.m., in conversation with Dionne Iriving

April 29: Gathering of Writers, Indiana Writers Center, at the Indiana State Library

May 6: Parthenon Books, Syracuse, NY, 4 p.m., in conversation with Sean Kirst 

May 10: Follett Bookstore signing, IUPUI Campus Center, 11 a.m.-2 p.m. 

May 11: Essay, Op-Ed. or Feature? Mining, Writing, and Pitching Nonfiction, Indiana Writers Center, 6-9 p.m.

May 20: Barnes & Noble River Crossing signing, 12-3 p.m.

June 24: Hammond Public Library Local Author Fair, 12-3 p.m.